Sunday, January 31, 2010

Aufgehoben - Messidor (2006)

Jesus fucking christ, this headache that I've had for well over 24 hours just will not go away. I'm too lazy to leave my apartment to get some pills for it so instead I've just been making it worse, recording a nauseatingly distorted one man hardcore punk jam (a revolutionary EP or album by summer, maybe?) and listening to Homostupids, Anal Babes, Mentally Challenged, Brainbombs, Vile Gash, and a few other things that are just too trebley for almost anyone to tolerate, let alone me today in my feeling like shit state. So why in the good lord's name did I put this album on? This band is made up of a bunch of British guys who enjoy "improvising" together, which means making horrible noises that fall somewhere between free jazz and a jackhammer tearing up your skull. I hear that they spend a lot of time editing their music before releasing it in the Long Player format so you can rest assured that a lot of thought was put into making this album as painfully loud as it is. This isn't the kind of intense lurching noise that envelops every facet of your being by sounding brutal yet still quite listenable (Monno, Mandarin Movie, Kevin Drumm, etc.), but something much closer to relentless metallic scraping. Really makes Supersilent look like a bunch of fey wusses. The guys explore a range of textures, but it's all mixed so damn loud that it's hard to notice. Check it out if you want to fucking die.

Rating: Too elite even for me! Oh, yeah, I'm introducing a new concept to this blog: including the year that the album was released next to the title. Why not, really... it seems like a helpful thing to do.Download Link:"Co Anima"... whooooaaaa!!!!!!